U.S. Dept. of Labor – On March 22, 2017, in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Sharon Holmes, former Secretary-Treasurer of American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 807 (located in Columbia, S.C.), was sentenced to one day of imprisonment and 18 months of supervised release. Holmes was also ordered pay restitution […]
4/12/17 – The sketch of one of two armed robbers who targeted a postal worker in Fort Lauderdale was released Wednesday. The armed duo got away with the letter carrier’s master keys outside an apartment building on Northwest 7th Court on March 31. Both robbers are described as black males, light skinned, between 18-20 years […]
UPMA – 4/12/17 – The Postal Service has announced plans to implement a Reduction-in-Force (RIF) of Postmaster Relief (PMR) employees that are on the rolls in non-authorized positions. Impacted employees will receive specific RIF notices of reassignment or separation, along with hard copy information to their address of record to assist them with exercising their […]
NOGALES, ARIZ. (Courthouse News) – 4/11/17 – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions struck a tough tone on undocumented immigration during a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, saying intensified federal enforcement will be the new normal. “For those that continue to seek improper and illegal entry into this country, be forewarned: This is a new era,” […]
4/11/17 – Attorney General Jeff Sessions today spoke to Customs and Border Protection personnel at the United States-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona. In his remarks, the Attorney General announced that he has issued the attached memo to United States Attorneys that mandates the prioritization of criminal immigration enforcement. The memo directs federal prosecutors to focus […]
4/11/17 – A U.S. Postal Service truck caught fire Tuesday morning on I-580 in Oakland, some personal mail was destroyed. (KGO-TV ) Investigators say the fire started Tuesday morning in the engine area. ABC 7 News
CHARLOTTE, NC (FOX 46) – FOX 46 Charlotte is getting results for residents in Steele Creek’s Crossings neighborhood. People who said they’ve had enough with the Post Office after dealing with missing sensitive mail and packages getting crushed in their mailboxes. “It just seems like nobody cares! Nobody at the post office,” Crossings neighborhood resident Dave Willard said. Willard said he’s done with […]
ROCHESTER, NY — Robert Panara, an influential teacher, poet and pioneer in the field of deaf studies, was immortalized as the 16th inductee into the U.S. Postal Service’s Distinguished American stamp series on a Forever stamp today. The dedication ceremony took place at the theatre bearing his name at Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) National Technical Institute for the Deaf […]
Sterling Mail Carrier Tayson Hidalgo Sentenced for Delay and Destruction of Mail DENVER – 4/11/17 – Tayson Adam Hidalgo, age 23, of Sterling, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 2 years’ probation during which he is to spend 200 hours doing community service for delay or destruction […]
Driver to Be Charged After Postman Hit, Critically Injured by Car on Long Island 4/11/17- A postal worker loading his bag as he prepared to deliver mail on a Long Island street was struck by a car outside his truck, and one neighbor who rushed to his aid says his leg was severed in the […]